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Postby kanaloa on Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:50 pm

A shrimp's heart is in their head.
Ancient egyptians slept on pillows made of stone
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so).
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary school.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Rats and horses can't vomit.
Jiff is a unit of time equivilant ot one houndreth of a second.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
If you keep your eyes open by force, they will pop out.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
An ostriches eye is bigger than its brain!
Ancient egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
There is no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.
The glue on the back of Isralei stamps is Kosher
Cat urine is visible under an ultraviolet light
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than our toenails.

The average person has 1,460 dreams in a year.
Each day, Americans eat 7.5 acres of pizza
A scallop has 35 eyes- all of them blue.
Americans buy more than two million eggs of Silly Putty every year.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
There are four forms of spoken Chinese while, ironically enough, there is only one written language.
The word Slinky in Swedish translates to traespiral.
The city of London has no roads called road.
In France people eat approximately 500,000,000 snails a year.
We call it a French kiss, but in France, they call it an English kiss.
A starfish has no brain !
Every time you sniff up snot in your brain you looss 2 braincells!!!!!!!!
a sneeze travels out of youir mouth faster than 600 miles per hour!
Cats have two voice boxes, one for purring and one for meowing.
Every cigarrete you smoke shortens your life by 5 minutes
Idaho grows 120 billion potatoes a year. Thats 500 for every person in the US
In a year, a man shaves off an average of 2 pounds of whiskers
there are 3 times as many cows as people in Montana!!
There is no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.
The glue on the back of Isralei stamps is Kosher
Cats have 32 muscels in each ear.
Amercans buy more salsa than ketchup
Everyone hais a hairy tounge. There very very small and hard to find.
A small gecko can hold a 75 lb. kid with two of it's feet, it's suction is that powerful.

A group of frogs is called an army, a group of toads is called a knot.
Sex can releave arthritis for up to six hours.
While the average fad lasts six months, demand for Silly Putty hassurpassed forty years.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open
The Slinky is sold on every continent of the world except Antarctica
Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.
A stak of $1 bills, a mile high would be worth $14 million dollars.
You are as likely to die falling out of bed as you are by getting struck by lightning. It's a one in twomillion chance.
The average person blinks about 25 times perminute, which adds up toabout 13,140,000 blinks per. year.
The Pony Express only lasted about 18 months, 1860-1861.
New freckles usually stop appearing at age 19-20.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.
Aquarter has 119 groves in it, a dime hass 118 grooves.
A quart sized pail holds about 8 million grains of sand.
Elephants are the only animal with four knees.
A hippo can open it's mouth wide enough to fit a four foot child.
Every citicen of Kentucky is required to take a bath at least once a year.
The king of hearts is the only king in a deck of cards without a moustache.
The only survivor of Custards Last Stand was his hourse, Comanche.
Bamboo can grow four feet in 24 hours.
The only thing intense enough to destroy a diamond is heat.
A bolt of lightning can strike the earth with a force as great as one million volts.
Lemons contain more sugar then strawberries.
A gold fish has a memory of three seconds.
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Postby Xstream on Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:54 pm

good Lord! now my brain hurts! info overload!!!! :-? :-? :-?
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Postby SCgone on Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:56 pm

There's suff there that I really wish I didn't know. :woot
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Postby kanaloa on Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:57 pm

LOL... some of it's a little freaky.
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Postby SCgone on Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:01 pm

Darn, I didn't see the one there that says....

If you get slapped ont he back while crossing your eyes, they'll get stuck crossed.
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Postby kanaloa on Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:02 pm

I missed that too... that's strange.
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Postby SCJwl on Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:12 pm

Every time you sniff up snot in your brain you looss 2 braincells!!!!!!!!

Okay, that one is just a bit nasty. LOL, I didn't want to see that one. We eat soon :roleeyes :blink
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Postby *Starz* on Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:36 pm

"Every citizen of Kentucky is required to take a bath at least once a year."
Say Jim...how was that bath... :woot

"In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders."... :sick

"If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die."
Okay...I must be immortal... :lol:

"By law, every child in Belgium must take harmonica lessons at Primary school."
Thank God I live in America... :roleeyes

"23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks."
Now I would like to know just how many people really think their butt is that attractive... :confused

"Most lipstick contains fish scales."
Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwww...I didn't need to know that... :sick

"Every time you sniff up snot in your brain you looss 2 braincells!!!!!!!!"
There must be a lot of nearly brain dead people out there... :sick

"Everyone has a hairy tounge."... :sick ...again

"Sex can releave arthritis for up to six hours."
Apparently this is not a well known fact... :roleeyes :P :lalala

"The average person blinks about 25 times perminute, which adds up to about 13,140,000 blinks per. year."... :blink

"New freckles usually stop appearing at age 19-20."
Coulda' fooled me... :-?

"A gold fish has a memory of three seconds."
Gee...does this one bring any people you know to mind...maybe..."John"... :woot :lalala
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Postby SCgone on Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:37 pm

SCJwl wrote:Every time you sniff up snot in your brain you looss 2 braincells!!!!!!!!

Okay, that one is just a bit nasty. LOL, I didn't want to see that one. We eat soon :roleeyes :blink


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Postby kanaloa on Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:41 pm

Aight Michel... lol.

"Sex can releave arthritis for up to six hours."
Apparently this is not a well known fact...


Arthritis free....all day long. :lalala

I accidently put that one in wrong the first time... I had it typed in as "Sex for up to six hours can releave arthritis." As a guy, I quickly noticed that and changed it. LOL
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